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come /kum/ intransitive verb (comˈing; came /kām/; come)- To move toward the place that is the point of view of the speaker or writer, opp of go
- To draw near
- To arrive at a certain state or condition
- To occupy a specific place in order, priority, etc
- To issue, to happen, to turn out
- To yield (Shakespeare)
- To become
- To amount (to)
- To reach
- To begin to be in some condition
- To achieve a sexual orgasm, to ejaculate (slang)
- To be had, got or gained
- (only 3rd pers sing; esp in subjunctive) when (a certain time) comes (as in Come five o'clock, it will be dark outside)
transitive verb (informal)- To act the part of, assume the behaviour of, as in Don't come the innocent with me
- (with it) to try to impress, assert one's authority over, etc
interjection (or imperative) Expressive of encouragement, protest or reproof (often in phrases come come or come now) noun (vulgar sl; also cum)Ejaculated semen ORIGIN: OE cuman; Ger kommen comˈer (also archaic commˈer) noun - Someone who comes or has come
- A person who shows promise (informal)
comˈing noun - Arrival or approach
- (esp with cap) the Advent, or the hoped-for return (also Second Coming) of Christ
interjection Used as a response to a request or requirement for one's attention or presence adjective- Future
- Of future importance
- Ready to make or meet advances (archaic)
come-and-goˈ noun Passage to and fro come-atˈ-able adjective (informal) Accessible comeˈback noun - A return, esp to a former activity or good, popular, successful, etc state
- A revival
- A retort, rejoinder
- Cause or ability to complain
- Recrimination
comeˈdown noun - A descent
- A disappointment or deflation
- A degradation
come-hithˈer noun - An invitation to approach
- Allure
adjective (of a look, manner, etc) inviting (esp sexually), alluring comeˈ-off noun - A conclusion
- An evasion of duty
comeˈ-on noun (informal) - Encouragement, esp sexual
- Persuasion
comeˈ-o'-will noun - Something that comes of its own accord
- An illegitimate child (also comeˈ-by-chance)
comeuppˈance noun (informal) Deserved rebuke or punishment comˈings-inˈ plural noun Income all comers Everyone who arrives, volunteers, etc as…as they come To the greatest extent possible as it comes However it is made, in any way whatsoever come about - To happen
- To turn to face the opposite way (nautical)
come across - To find (a specific thing) esp during a general search
- To make an impression
- To give or supply (often with with)
- (of a woman) to be responsive to sexual advances (slang)
come again? (informal) - What did you say?
- Pardon?
come along - To progress
- To arrive
- (in imperative) hurry up
come and go - To fluctuate
- To have freedom of movement or action
come apart To fall to pieces come at - To reach
- To attack
- To approach
come away - To leave
- To become detached
come back - To return to popularity, office, etc after being in a losing position, a period of obscurity, etc
- To return to life
- To become fashionable again
- To return to memory
- To retort (esp N American)
come before To appear in response to a summons by (a figure of authority) to be dealt with come between - To cause a rift between (two people, etc)
- To create a barrier or division between
come by - To come near
- To pass by
- (as a command to sheepdogs) move to the left of the group of sheep being herded
- To visit (esp N American)
- To obtain or acquire
- To come in
come down - To descend
- To be reduced, to decrease
- To lose (esp financial) status
- To emerge from the state induced by a hallucinogenic or addictive drug
- To leave university, esp Oxford or Cambridge
- (with to) to be a question of
- To be an inheritance
come down (up)on To be severe with, to punish come down with To become ill with or contract (a disease) come for - To arrive in order to collect
- To attack
come forward To identify or present oneself (as a volunteer, as a witness, etc) come from To originate from or in come high or low To cost much or little come home - To return to one's house
- To touch one's interest or feelings closely, to affect (with to)
- (of an anchor) to drag or slip through the ground (nautical)
come in - To enter
- To arrive
- To receive (money, income, etc)
- To have a role or function
- To become fashionable
- To reply to a radio signal or call
- (of the tide) to rise
- To start an innings (cricket)
- To get within the opponent's guard (fencing)
come in for - To receive as, or as if as, one's share
- To receive incidentally
come in on To become a partner, etc in (eg a business venture) come into - To inherit
- To be involved in
- (of plants) to begin producing (flowers, leaves, etc)
come into one's own To have the opportunity to demonstrate or practise one's special skills, aptitudes, etc come it strong (informal) To do or say much, go to great lengths, exaggerate come of - To be a descendant of
- To be the consequence of, arise or result from
- To become of
come of age To reach full legal adult status come off - To come away
- To become detached (from)
- To obtain a specified type of result (with best, worst, etc)
- To desist from
- To prove successful
- To have an orgasm (vulgar sl)
come off it! (informal) Don't be ridiculous! come on - To advance
- To thrive, succeed
- To proceed
- To begin
- To appear
- To give the impression of being (informal)
- Often in imperative as a challenge or exhortation to attack, proceed, hurry, recover from low spirits, etc
come on stream (of oil-wells) to start regular production (also figurative) come on strong (informal) To speak or act forcefully or aggressively come on to (informal) To make sexual advances towards come out - To emerge
- To appear
- To result (well, etc)
- To be published or made available
- To become known or evident
- To be solved
- To enter society
- To be released or leave (prison, hospital, etc)
- To declare openly one's homosexuality (slang)
- (of photographs) to develop successfully
- (of stains, marks, etc) to be removed
- To erupt (in spots, a rash, etc)
- To stop work, strike
- To declare oneself (against or in favour of)
come out with - To utter, to say
- To exclaim
come over - To befall
- To change sides or allegiance
- To come into the mind of
- To make an impression (with as)
- Suddenly to experience a certain feeling or mood (as in come over faint; informal)
come round - To come by a circuitous path
- To visit
- To happen in due course
- To recur
- To veer
- To become favourable (in opinion, etc)
- To become amenable
- To recover consciousness from a faint, etc
come short To fail come short of To fail to attain come through - To survive
- To succeed or complete successfully (an exam, test, etc)
- To arrive, having passed through a (usu administrative) process or system
- To pass through
come through for To be a source of help for come to - To obtain
- To amount to
- To be a question of
- To proceed as far as
- To recover consciousness
- To stop (nautical)
come to grief To meet with disaster or failure come to oneself To return to one's normal state of mind come to pass (esp Bible) To happen come to rest To halt come to stay To become permanent come to that In actual fact, that being the case come true To be fulfilled, to happen come under - To be included under
- To be subjected to (fire, attack, etc)
come undone or unfastened, etc To become detached, loose, etc come up - To present itself in discussion, etc
- To appear
- To shine after cleaning or polishing
come up against To encounter (an obstacle, difficulty) come up to - To reach (a specified point in space or time)
- To equal
come upon - To attack
- To affect
- To hold answerable
- To meet
- To find
come up with To suggest come what may Whatever happens give someone the come-on To invite or entice, esp sexually have it coming (informal) To have no chance of avoiding, or to get, one's just deserts how come? How does it happen that? not know if one is coming or going To be totally confused, perplexed or disorientated to come Future up and coming - Approaching
- Promising
when it comes to As far as, regarding pass /päs/ intransitive verb (pat and pap passed /päst/ or rarely past)- To proceed
- To go or be transferred from one place to another
- To transfer the ball to another player (football, etc)
- To make one's way
- To reach, extend, or have a course
- To undergo change from one state to another
- To be transmitted, communicated or transacted
- To change ownership
- To change
- To shade off (obsolete)
- To be astir
- To circulate
- To be accepted or reputed or known
- To go by
- To go unheeded or neglected
- To elapse, to go away
- To disappear, come to an end, fade out
- To die
- To move over, through or onwards
- To go or get through an obstacle, difficulty, test, ordeal, examination, etc
- To get through an examination without honours
- To be approved
- To meet with acceptance
- To be sanctioned
- To be made law
- To be talented
- To come through
- To be voided
- To happen
- To sit or serve (upon a jury)
- To adjudicate
- To be pronounced
- To care, reck (with of or for; obsolete)
- To surpass or beat everything (obsolete)
- To exceed bounds
- To perform a pass (see n below)
- To abstain from making a call or declaration (cards)
- To choose not to answer a question in a quiz, etc
transitive verb- To go or get by, over, beyond, through, etc
- To undergo, experience
- To undergo successfully
- To spend (time)
- To omit
- To disregard
- To exceed
- To surpass
- To cause or allow to pass
- To transfer, transmit
- To transfer (the ball) to another player (football, etc)
- To hand
- To utter, pronounce
- To circulate
- To pledge (as one's word)
- To emit, discharge
- To perform a pass with or upon
- To perform as a pass
- To esteem (obsolete)
noun- A way by which one may pass or cross
- A narrow passage, esp through or over a range of mountains or other difficult region
- A narrow defile
- An act of passing
- The passing of an examination, esp without honours at degree level
- Currency (obsolete)
- Reputation (Shakespeare)
- Event, issue, fulfilment, consummation
- A state or condition (as in pretty or sad pass)
- A predicament, critical position
- A passport
- A written permission to go somewhere or do something, authorization, a permit
- Permission to be in a certain area (S Afr hist)
- A free ticket
- A ticket or similar document paid for or received as a concession, allowing free or cheaper use of a facility, eg a bus pass
- A thrust (fencing)
- Transference of the ball to another team member (football, etc)
- Transference in a juggling trick
- An amorous advance (informal)
- An act of examining or reading data
- A movement of the hand over anything, eg by a magician or mesmerist
- Perhaps trick, perhaps conduct (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure V.1.368)
interjection Expressing the decision not to answer a question in a quiz, etc ORIGIN: Fr pas step, and passer to pass, from L passus a step passˈable adjective - That may be passed, travelled over, or navigated
- That may bear inspection
- That may be accepted or allowed to pass
- Tolerable
passˈableness noun passˈably adverb passˈer noun passimeter /pas-imˈi-tər/ noun An automatic ticket-issuing machine passing /päsˈing/ adjective - Going by, through, or away
- Transient, fleeting
- Happening now
- Incidental
- Casual
- Surpassing (archaic)
adverb (archaic)- Exceedingly
- Very
noun- The action of the verb to pass
- A place of passing
- A coming to an end
- Death
- Gold or silver thread with a silk core
passˈless adjective - Having no pass
- Impassable
pass-backˈ noun An act of passing (a ball, etc) to a member of one's own team nearer one's own goal pass band noun (radio) A frequency band in which there is negligible attenuation passˈbook noun - A book that passes between a trader and a customer, in which credit purchases are entered
- A bank book
- A booklet containing permission to be in a certain area, and other documents (S Afr hist)
passˈ-check noun A passout ticket pass degree noun A university or college degree without honours passed pawn noun In chess, a pawn having no opposing pawn before it on its own or an adjacent file passˈer-by noun (pl passˈers-by) Someone who passes by or near passing bell noun A bell tolled immediately after a death, orig to invite prayers for the soul passing into eternity passing note noun (music) - A note inserted to allow a smooth passage between other notes, but itself forming no essential part of the harmony
- A note forming an unprepared discord in an unaccented place in the measure (also (N American) passing tone)
passing shot noun (tennis) A shot hit past and beyond the reach of an opponent passˈkey noun - A key enabling one to enter a house
- A key for opening several locks
pass laws plural noun (S Afr hist) Laws restricting the movements of black people passˈman noun (archaic) - A person who gains a degree without honours
- A prisoner who is permitted to leave his cell in order to carry out certain duties (slang)
passˈout noun and adjective (a ticket, etc) entitling someone who goes out to return passˈword noun (orig military) - A secret word by which a friend may pass or enter (a camp, etc)
- A set of characters which a user inputs to a computer to gain access (computing)
bring to pass To bring about, cause to happen come to pass To happen (appar orig a noun in these expressions) in passing While doing, talking about, etc something else make a pass at - To aim a short blow at, especially ineffectually (informal)
- To make an amorous advance to (informal)
pass as or for To be mistaken for or accepted as pass away - To come to an end, go off
- To die
- To elapse
pass by - To move, go beyond or past
- To ignore or overlook
pass off - To impose fraudulently, to palm off
- To take its course satisfactorily
- To disappear gradually
pass on - To go forward
- To proceed
- To die
- To transmit, hand on
pass on or upon - To give judgement or sentence upon
- To practise artfully, or impose, upon
- To palm off
pass out - To distribute
- To die
- To faint, become unconscious or dead drunk (informal)
- To go off
- To complete military, etc training
pass over - To overlook, to ignore
- To die
pass the time of day To exchange any ordinary greeting of civility pass through To undergo, experience pass up - To renounce, to have nothing to do with
- To neglect (an opportunity)
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